Buhari Wins Kaduna
By John Shiklam in Kaduna
President Muhammadu Buhari, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has won the presidential election in Kaduna state with a total of 993,445 votes in 14 Local Government Areas.
The candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar, scored 649,612 votes in 9 Local Governments Areas.
The collation of the results which held at the state INEC headquarters in Kaduna, was presided over by the state collation officer, Prof. B.B Shehu.
The result shows that former National Caretaker Chairman of the PDP, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi representing Kaduna North senatorial zone and the PDP governorship candidate, Isa Ashiru, could not deliver their local governments to the PDP.
Makarfi is from Makarfi Local Government Area while Hunkuyi and Ashiru are from Kudan Local Government Area.
Also, Governor Nasir el-Rufai’s running mate, Hadiza Balarabe could not deliver her Sanga Local Government to the APC.
Below is the final details of the results of the Presidential election in the 23, Local Government Areas of the state.
1. KUBAU LG
APC: 67,140
PDP: 13,296
2. MAKARFI LG
APC: 36,625
PDP: 14,494
3. IKARA LG
APC: 44,021
PDP: 14,464
4. KAURA LG
APC: 6,907
PDP: 33,647
5. JABA LG
APC: 6,400
PDP: 22,758
6. KUDAN LG
APC: 30,577
PDP: 11,697
7. ZANGO KATAF LG
APC: 10,411
PDP: 62,622
8. SABON GARI LG
APC: 58,467
PDP: 22,644
9. SOBA LG
APC 51, 548
PDP10, 656
10. KAURU LG
APC: 33,578
PDP: 27,041
11. KAGARKO LG
APC: 16,663
PDP: 21,605
12. KAJURU LG
APC: 7,888
PDP: 31,446
13. GIWA LG
APC: 45,574
PDP: 9,838
14. KADUNA SOUTH LG
APC – 92,637
PDP – 41,004
15. ZARIA LG
APC- 111,082
PDP – 21,882
16. JAMA’A LG
APC- 19,412
PDP- 61,763
17. BIRNIN GWARI
APC – 33,786
PDP – 8,206
18. CHIKUN LG
APC -21,930
PDP- 82,909
19. KACHIA
APC – 24,905
PDP- 40,337
20. SANGA
APC – 14,860
PDP-17,411
21. LERE
APC -65,299
PDP- 32,426
22. IGABI
APC – 97,308
PDP- 20,281
23. KADUNA NORTH
APC: 97,514
PDP: 27,185
